The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-22

pieces OF 06mp. "a guar
named Thompson found the
hole in the roof shortly before the APP
pointed time and the plot was foiled.
Prisoners are allowed to walk in the
corridors until the O'Clock bell rings
and their time had been employed in
doing the work. The leader was
Bob Mckinley, who is in for MUIR
der, and who has, since his
Incarceration, killed a felix w-convict
and escaped the RalloWs, because there
was only convicts' testimony against
him.
DESPERATE AFFAIR.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. ga
special from Opelousas to the Times
took place In a saloon here late last
night, in which three men were shot
and all probably fatally wounded.
Stephen McGaffry, colored, the only
eve witness of the difficulty, who re-
ceiyed a stray bullet in the region
of the kidneys, from which he
is diving, in his ante mortem
statement saws: MARK Finnberg,
proprietor of the saloon, and myself
were sitting at the front door of the
saloon when George Lastropes, the
town constable, came up. The Two
men got into q dispute, and after
4 astroDes had struck FinnbergS
both commenced firing, and in en-
(ieavoring to get out of the way re-
ceived shot, Eight shots were fired.
Lastropes and Finnberg are both shot
through the breast. The doctor at
tending them thinks all three of the
wounded men will die. Politics was
the cause of the trouble.
TRIAL POSTPONED.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.-Judge Sage
to-day postponed the trial of Benjamin
E. Hopkins, of the Fidelity National
Bank, until January 10th, cautioning
the Jurors to not converse upon the
subject and to not read newspaper
statements about it. District-Attorney
Burnett announced that considerable
addition to the assets of the bank was
about to be made, as to the payment of
so per cent of the amounts due from
Whitley, Fossler s. Kelley and the
Champion Machine Works, of Spring
field, D. It is also understood that
suit will be brought to set aside the
appraisement made in May last for
taxation on the ground that the bank
did not at that time own so E.uch tax
able property as was listed for taxa
ton.
DARING OUTRAGE.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-About IL O'Clock
last Saturday John Kelly and Ernest
Jones attempted to force their way
into the house of Mrs. Livingstone, at
Flora, Ills. She fired at them as they
were entering a window, wounding
both, but not seriously. They then
broke down the door, entered the
house, and felled Mrs. Livingstone to
the floor with her own revolver. The
men were arrested yesterday, and the
town is greatly excited over the bold
InnnQ q the Wild of
wealthy citizen, and Kelly is leading
resident of the place and prominent
Mason and church member.
SERIOUS RAILROAD COLLISION.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-A disastrous
collision occurred this morning near
Newport, Arkansas, between a south
bound passenger train and a north
bound freight on the Iron Mountain
Railroad. The fireman of the passen-
ger train was instantly killed. and the
engineer, Valentine, seriously wound
ed, perhaps fatally. Roadmaster Eng
lIsh was severely injured. The bag
gage master and express messenger
were also hurt slightly, and the pas
sengers well shaken up, but none OF
them we're injured.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-A little after
noon to-day President Dexter, of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton rail
road, was served with summons at the
instance of Henry S. Ives, who brings
suit against Dexter, laying the dam
ages at 800, 900 for false arrest. Dex.
ter was found in the Drexel building
by an officer. The case came up in
Brooklyn, New York.
DIES FROM CHLOROFORM.
ATCHIsoN, Dec. 20.-Joseph Salmon
of Gaylord, Kas., who arrived here
this morning, in company with hi:
wife, on their way to California, tool
| two swallows of chloroform by mis-
take while sitting i'll the depot, anC
died in thirty minutes. The body wa:
taken back to Gaylord tonight fol-
| burial.
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 20.-Smith
| Covert s. Co., heavy leather dealers
who were considered a perfectly safe
| firm, made an assignment this after
noon. The liabilities are not stated
A meeting of creditors will be helC
to-day.
BUILDER ASSIGNS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-John David
son, builder, who made an assignment
to-day, filed schedules showing: Liza
| bilities, 1925, 1872; nominal assets, $40,
759; actual assets $45, 800.
WEEPING WATER wEEPS.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20.-A Times
of the town of Weeping Water, Neb.
was destroyed by fire to-day. Loss
SS5, GOO; partly insured.
FOUR BUILDINGS BURN.
Downs, KaS., Dec. 20.-Four bDild
| ings were burned here to-day. Loss
| S23 900; insurance small.
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